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Greetings all-- I have been reading the list for a couple of months now and have come across the names of two people who seen to stir some very serious passions, David Sternlight, & L. Detweiller. Can someone tell me who they are and why C'punks hold them in such low esteem?? Thanks --Mitch
MWayne@eworld.com writes > I have been reading the list for a couple of months now and have come across > the names of two people who seen to stir some very serious passions, David > Sternlight, & L. Detweiller. Sternlight is a big wheel in government. What makes him a big wheel is classified. He is physically close to a major NSA center. He has been accused of being NSA, and has not denied it. He campaigns tirelessly, endlessly, and repetitiously against PGP, and against crypto for the masses. He will never admit to being wrong in argument, and will just go on repeating claims that have been proven false. His posts are well written and well informed, but invariably false or misleading, and usually highly repetitious. He is an extraordinarily profligate poster, which makes me suspect he has a several secretaries assisting him. Detweiller is a moderate statist with middle of the road political views. Naturally he got severely flamed. There are a number of anarchists on this list who can never disagree with or correct somebody without attacking that persons honor, intelligence, and worth. Detweiller posts endless and repetitious flames, much of it severely deranged. Nobody talks to him any more, so he largely talks to himself. He floods newsgroups with irrelevant and repetitious garbage. Many of his postings verge on mailbombing, they are such random garbage. He frequently posts under other names, but makes little effort to conceal his real identity. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our | property, because of the kind of animals that we | James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from | the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. | jamesd@netcom.com
Just to play devil's advocate.... [about Sternlight...] > He campaigns tirelessly, endlessly, and repetitiously > against PGP, and against crypto for the masses. Actually, this should be "about PGP [possibly] infringing on patents".. He made a PGP key, but when the patent issues came up, he destroyed everything. Now that 2.6 is out and santified by all parties concerned, he has created a new key, which is on the keyservers! Just thought I'd clear the air a little it (I hope) -derek